Federal Register / Vol. 71, No.
199 / Monday, October 16, 2006 / Notices
Dated: October 6, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. E6–17041 Filed 10–13–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–412–822]
Stainless Steel Bar From the United
Kingdom: Notice of Extension of Time
Limit for Preliminary Results of the
2005–2006 Administration Review
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 16, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca Trainor or Kate Johnson, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 2, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone (202) 482–4007 or (202) 482–
4929, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 28, 2006, the Department of
Commerce (‘‘Department’’) published in
the Federal Register a notice of
initiation of administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on stainless
steel bar from the United Kingdom,
covering the period March 1, 2005,
through February 28, 2006. See
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, 71 FR 25145 (April 28, 2006).
The preliminary results for this
administrative review are currently due
no later than December 1, 2006.
Statutory Time Limits
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’),
requires the Department to issue the
preliminary results of an administrative
review within 245 days after the last day
of the anniversary month of an order for
which a review is requested and a final
determination within 120 days after the
date on which the preliminary results
are published. If it is not practicable to
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complete the review within the time
period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act
allows the Department to extend these
deadlines to a maximum of 365 days
and 180 days, respectively.
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Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
Results
The Department is in the process of
collecting additional information and
clarifications of submitted data from the
respondent. Furthermore, we require
additional time to conduct verifications.
Thus, it is not practicable to complete
this review within the original time
limit (i.e., 245 days). Therefore, the
Department is extending the time limit
for completion of the preliminary
results by 120 days, in accordance with
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The
preliminary results are now due not
later than March 30, 2007. The final
results continue to be due 120 days after
publication of the preliminary results.
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: October 6, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. E6–17129 Filed 10–13–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–588–833]
Initiation of Antidumping Duty
Changed-Circumstances Review:
Stainless Steel Bar From Japan
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), and § 351.216(b) of
the Department of Commerce’s (the
Department’s) regulations, TRW Fuji
Valve, Inc. (TRW), a U.S. importer, filed
a request for a changed-circumstances
review of the antidumping duty order
on stainless steel bar from Japan. The
petitioners and domestic interested
parties have affirmatively expressed a
lack of interest in the continuation of
the order with respect to 21–2N
modified valve/stem stainless steel
round bar.1 In response to this request,
the Department is initiating a changed-
circumstances review of the order on
stainless steel bar from Japan with
respect to this product as described
below.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 16, 2006.
1 The petitioners and domestic interested parties
include Carpenter Technology Corp., Crucible
Specialty Metals Division of Crucible Materials
Corp., Electralloy Corp., North American Stainless,
Universal Stainless and Alloy Products, Inc., and
Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dmitry Vladimirov or Minoo Hatten,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 5, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–0665 or (202) 482–
1690.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 28, 2006, TRW 2 requested
that the Department conduct a changed-
circumstances review of the order on
stainless steel bar from Japan and
exclude a product to which it referred
as 21–2N modified valve/stem stainless
steel round bar from the scope of the
order. See TRW’s letter to the Secretary,
dated August 28, 2006. Specifically,
TRW requested that the Department
exclude imports meeting the following
description from the order on stainless
steel bar from Japan: certain valve/stem
stainless steel round bar of 21–2N
modified grade, having a diameter of 5.7
millimeters (with a tolerance of 0.025
millimeters), in length no greater than
15 meters, having a chemical
composition consisting of a minimum of
0.50 percent and a maximum of 0.60
percent of carbon, a minimum of 7.50
percent and a maximum of 9.50 percent
of manganese, a maximum of 0.25
percent of silicon, a maximum of 0.04
percent of phosphorus, a maximum of
0.03 percent of sulfur, a minimum of
20.0 percent and a maximum of 22.00
percent of chromium, a minimum of
2.00 percent and a maximum of 3.00
percent of nickel, a minimum of 0.20
percent and a maximum of 0.40 percent
of nitrogen, a minimum of 0.85 percent
of the combined content of carbon and
nitrogen, and a balance minimum of
iron, having a maximum core hardness
of 385 HB and a maximum surface
hardness of 425 HB, with a minimum
hardness of 270 HB for annealed
material. See TRW’s letter to the
Secretary, dated August 28, 2006. TRW
requested that the Department revoke
the order in part retroactively to
February 1, 2006, the beginning of the
anniversary month of the order. TRW
stated that the steel product in question
is not produced in commercial
quantities in the United States.
On September 18, 2006, the
petitioners and domestic interested
parties provided a letter attesting to
2 In its August 28, 2006, request TRW did not
identify the sub-section of the term ‘‘interested
party,’’ as defined by section 771(9) of the Act,
which applies to TRW. In response to our
September 21, 2006, request for clarification, in its
September 25, 2006, response TRW identified itself
as a U.S. importer of the subject merchandise.
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